Also if you plan on upgrading your CPU then really don't go for another dual core, you'll need at least a decent AMD x3 nowdays for gaming, but I don't see why a decent quadcore suitable for your motherboard wouldn't be a nice upgrade from your current CPU

Also if you plan on upgrading your CPU then really don't go for another dual core, you'll need at least a decent AMD x3 nowdays for gaming, but I don't see why a decent quadcore suitable for your motherboard wouldn't be a nice upgrade from your current CPU

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I haven't come across a single game that a dual-core wouldn't play perfectly, actually I haven't come across a single game that my Celeron wouldn't play perfectly.

It might just be a bug with GTA:IV, but did you try running your graphics card at stock to see if that helps? It could be slightly unstable.

I haven't come across a single game that a dual-core wouldn't play perfectly, actually I haven't come across a single game that my Celeron wouldn't play perfectly.

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Well I've tried that too, no luck...

It benches around 50fps average on GTA:IV (when it's working properly)

All other games such as Mafia II, Battlefield 2, Crysis, MoH Beta play perfectly without any issues... in the benchmark it also tells me that 90% of CPU is being used but only around 60% GPU, so obviously the card isn't being stressed too bad

Thats referring more to the graphic cards memory not the GPU. GTA IV bench right?

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Yea, GTA:IV bench

And Bjorn_Of_Iceland, I'm only on 1280x1024 with all textures and shadows high, but anisotropic on 8x and the draw distance and detail distance etc are on about 50%, so it's not exactly maxed out... so I don't see why it would need 100% GPU usage

And why the hell does everybody keep saying "should've got this, why don't you get that"

What can't people understand about the two words .LIMITED.BUDGET.

£70 is all I could afford

My graphics card idles at 24c and loads at 60c, so it's not exactly hot either

Just played Mafia II, everything went fine... no problems with the card

And I was referring to the GPU usage that GTA:IV bench told me, I'm sure if I looked in afterburner it would've told me 100% anyway... as did Mafia II